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By
Brad Aaron
8:49 AM EDT on September 26, 2016
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Francis Perez, 28, in Sheepshead Bay (News); NYPD Blames Victim (DNA)
- The Times Didn’t Ask James O’Neill About Traffic Violence, and He Didn’t Bring It Up
- The MTA Gives No Quarter to People Maimed by Bus Drivers (News)
- Bridgegate: Crony Details How Christie Used the Port Authority to Help Himself (NYT, Politico)
- Uber Is Sinking the Green Cab Industry (Crain’s)
- DDC Looking at How Bronx and Brooklyn Street Improvements Might Reduce Crime (DNA)
- Ritchie Torres Wants DOT to Prioritize NYCHA Senior Housing Sidewalk Repairs (News)
- Housing and Retail Could Replace Downtown Jamaica Parking Lots (Times Ledger)
- MTA Restores Staten Island Express Bus Service, Advance Wants More Transit
- Daily News Editorial Board Busts Judge for Placard Abuse
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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